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Summary: Kitchen table book
Review: This is a magnificent, beautiful book. We left it open on the kitchen table, and everyone who passed by turned to a new, exquisite image. I've now snatched it back to my office and expect to browse repeatedly when I have a chance for a cup of coffee and a brief get-away moment. It is truly a gift.
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Summary: You'll Wish Maine Were Your Home Place
Review: This past summer I had the pleasure of meeting Murad Sayen and had the chance to see some of the photos to be included in this book. I was so awestruck by the images I had to purchase the book MAINE THE HOME PLACE as soon as it became available.Murad Sayen captures the essence of Maine not only through his photographs of scenery, but also in his wonderful portraits of its people, as well as beautiful shots of its architecture, animals and elements. It seems as if Murad Sayen does magical things with light. That is the special quality in these photos, the illumination. Some of his photographs are strikingly like paintings. From the still life of SHAKER INTERIOR, NOVEMBER to the Rembrandt like portrait of ABBY MORRISON,WOODSTOCK to the hauntingly beautiful LIGHT PLAYING WITH LAND, every image is captivating. Whether you are a native, a vacationer, or just a lover of great photography, I recommend you purchase this book. It will inspire appreciation not only of Maine's wonders, but of the beauty which surrounds your home place.
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Summary: You'll Wish Maine Were Your Home Place
Review: This past summer I had the pleasure of meeting Murad Sayen and had the chance to see some of the photos to be included in this book. I was so awestruck by the images I had to purchase the book MAINE THE HOME PLACE as soon as it became available. Murad Sayen captures the essence of Maine not only through his photographs of scenery, but also in his wonderful portraits of its people, as well as beautiful shots of its architecture, animals and elements. It seems as if Murad Sayen does magical things with light. That is the special quality in these photos, the illumination. Some of his photographs are strikingly like paintings. From the still life of SHAKER INTERIOR, NOVEMBER to the Rembrandt like portrait of ABBY MORRISON,WOODSTOCK to the hauntingly beautiful LIGHT PLAYING WITH LAND, every image is captivating. Whether you are a native, a vacationer, or just a lover of great photography, I recommend you purchase this book. It will inspire appreciation not only of Maine's wonders, but of the beauty which surrounds your home place.
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Summary: Maine: The Home Place
Review: Though none of my family live in Maine, we had a large family reunion here this past summer in conjunction with my daughter's wedding. It was a special time and when I saw the photos in Maine, The Home Place, I thought what a wonderful gift to send family members for Christmas along with wedding photos. So many people think of Maine as the seacoast and Murad Sayen has captured that seacoast in his breathtaking photos of Camden, Stonington and Deer Isle, but he has gone so much further in conveying the true flavor of Maine with such photos as an old weathered farmhouse with bright colored laundry hanging out after a huge snowstorm, the long wood porch of the Grange Hall in Woodstock (you can hear the clatter of footsteps on the wooden planks), an old pick-up parked outside a house, casting shadows in the morning sunshine (my personal favorite), cows walking across a pasture in front of a cornfield in September, and "Light playing with the land" that stirs something deep and inexplicable in my soul. You lose yourself in every photo. This is art at its finest.
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Summary: Art At its Finest
Review: Though none of my family live in Maine, we had a large family reunion here this past summer in conjunction with my daughter's wedding. It was a special time and when I saw the photos in Maine, The Home Place, I thought what a wonderful gift to send family members for Christmas along with wedding photos. So many people think of Maine as the seacoast and Murad Sayen has captured that seacoast in his breathtaking photos of Camden, Stonington and Deer Isle, but he has gone so much further in conveying the true flavor of Maine with such photos as an old weathered farmhouse with bright colored laundry hanging out after a huge snowstorm, the long wood porch of the Grange Hall in Woodstock (you can hear the clatter of footsteps on the wooden planks), an old pick-up parked outside a house, casting shadows in the morning sunshine (my personal favorite), cows walking across a pasture in front of a cornfield in September, and "Light playing with the land" that stirs something deep and inexplicable in my soul. You lose yourself in every photo. This is art at its finest.
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Summary: Maine: The Home Place
Review: When I opened Maine: The Home Place, I didn't know how much I was opening up. I looked through it, then I realized I needed to look into it: I did so at two pages a day until I went through the book. I especially love two of the pictures (although each page and picture looked more like a composition in a painting than a camera capturing a scene): The Androscoggin at Bethel, November and North Pond, Greenwood, October. There is a disarming directness in the simple presentation that drew me into the pictures, and into myself. The captions reminded me these places are here, in this world. What I found myself doing since I opened Maine: The Home Place is seeing myself and the world around me differently. Cezanne says that "Art is a harmony parallel to nature." I am wonderfully confused by Murad's presentation of nature and art that has gotten into my heart through my eyes. What more can you ask from a book than to make the world and yourself more alive? Maine: The Home Place is a book that will do that year after year, picture after picture. Great job, Murad Sayen.
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Summary: Maine: The Home Place
Review: When I opened Maine: The Home Place, I didn't know how much I was opening up. I looked through it, then I realized I needed to look into it: I did so at two pages a day until I went through the book. I especially love two of the pictures (although each page and picture looked more like a composition in a painting than a camera capturing a scene): The Androscoggin at Bethel, November and North Pond, Greenwood, October. There is a disarming directness in the simple presentation that drew me into the pictures, and into myself. The captions reminded me these places are here, in this world. What I found myself doing since I opened Maine: The Home Place is seeing myself and the world around me differently. Cezanne says that "Art is a harmony parallel to nature." I am wonderfully confused by Murad's presentation of nature and art that has gotten into my heart through my eyes. What more can you ask from a book than to make the world and yourself more alive? Maine: The Home Place is a book that will do that year after year, picture after picture. Great job, Murad Sayen.
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